Before and After restoration pictures

Only takes $$$ and time!

http://www.hamiltonclassics.com/Pictures.htm#Pictures of Projects - Past and Present

See, I told ya it will buff out.

It's amazing what a little paint will do.

Dang John, ya beat me to it!

See?

For something North of $150K bucks, YOU TOO can have a "restored" 356!!

I can get you a cardboard stand up for around $40 .

i don't normally like to blow my own horn, but here is a resto project I did a while back using only parts and accessories I had on hand in my garage...

... and he did it all in 40 hours.

Bwaaahahahaha

Steve restored a 66 (I think that was the year, memory a bit askew)tri-power 427 corvette roadster for a fellow about 15 years ago. The car had hid a bridge pillar "at speed" in the 70's. Hit hard enough to kill the driver and launch the engine out of the frame. It took three pickup loads to bring all the busted pieces to Steve. There wasn't a part of that car that wasn't hurt. Most of it hurt real bad. But the market was high so it was worth saving.

Took Steve two years to restore it. A fair amount of that time was finding the right frame rail (as one was beyond repair) and a set of matched glass as the car had nothing left. This was one of the few cars he did in lacquer, at the customer's request. Steve thinks lacquer is right up there with bias ply tires. When he was done, this car was stupendous. Silver, black stripe, black interior, 427 tri-power, four speed, alloy side-pipes, factory top delete, radio delete, and heater delete car. Quite unusual. These usually were race cars.

Guy drove it for a few months and stacked it up hard in a ditch. Steve told him the car wanted to be black. So the second time around, it wound up black. Still running around that way, so I guess he was right. When in doubt, paint it black!

angela

Hey Guamaniac... I have an 'ol 1972 Duster hanging around... Can you do that same resto to it?

i had a 72 duster right out of navy. had the 225 slant six, would do 105 tops, got 26mpg, it was a great car.

Michael B - sorry can't help you with that Duster...but if you had an AMC Pacer, that would be a different story!

One of my Aunts had a Pacer.

Like riding around in a creaky greenhouse!

In the Hamilton Classics link Wolfgang posted, what color is that on the second car from the bottom, left side?
I like that color a lot. I don't think it's Irish Green, but I could be wrong. If it is, I'll add it to the possibilities list.

Ok Jim, I guess I will just let it sit... :)

Jim, I totally know what you are talking about...
I was biking downtown, and found this POS that I knew would look bitchen restored....and I didn't even have to call Angela....

And all that accomplished with only a shop rag, some WD-40 and a Leatherman! Nice job!

I just went out & kissed my car (again)!

Cory,

I don't think that care you're looking at (in green) was a Porsche color originally. Hard to tell in the picture.

I think it's John Deere Green.

angela